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octoberzine.bsky.social
@octoberzine.bsky.social
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I've argued that Mina was the first character to do the montage of crime investigation, putting all the evidence together.
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Paused my playlist when I left my desk for a minute. The video wasn't visible on the screen. When I came back, I discovered I'd stopped it here.
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Not me being sick the weekend after Halloween.
A screenshot of Aunt Gladys from the movie Weapons: with weird red wig, super-red lipstick, and a polyester blazer, with the caption "It's just a touch of consumption."
November 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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A shot of actor Chris Sarandon from the movie Fright Night, looking very handsome.
October 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Second Buy-Nothing Halloween fail. Technically not Halloween, though! Can wear year-round. And I'm doing yoga, so I need new yoga pants. Right? www.creeporama.com/collections/...
Pair of black leggings with illustrations from the movie The Craft, in purple and bright green, including a picture of Fairuza Balk's character, Nancy, the movie title, and the phrase "WE ARE THE WEIRDOS."
September 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Actor William Marshall as Blacula. A distinguished-looking Black man with a mustache and a prominent widow's peak, wearing a frilly shirt, black suit, and dramatic black cape.
September 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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A group I volunteer for keeps thinking I'm going to attend their board meetings.
Screenshot of Cassian Andor in the doorway of his ship. Close captioned: Don't push too hard. You know where I stand.
September 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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I have meant to put the Flipper bus together for ages. Finally!
August 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Busy weekend: rewatching Rabid, It Follows, and Tormented, plus first-time viewings of A Return to Salem's Lot and Monster Island.
Photo of a red-eyed young girl in a satin wedding gown and veil, behind a window: a still of Tara Reid as Amanda in the movie A Return to Salem's Lot.
August 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Finished "Circles of Stone: Weird Tales of Pagan Sites and Ancient Rites" from @britishlibrary.bsky.social (ed. by @kjsoar.bsky.social), and these stones on campus seem a little different today!
Two largish gray stones set in a patch of earth, with a circle of green grass around them and a driveway in the background.
July 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Charlie and I having a hot, lazy, melty Midsummer afternoon. @britishlibrary.bsky.social @johnnymains.co.uk
An orange cat lying on a coffee table next to the book The Dead of Summer: Strange Tales of May Eve & Midsummer.
June 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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I tried it myself and got this. So useful.
May 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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April 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Writing up a little thing about Morgus the Magnificent for a friend, and it's brightening my day.
A still photo of TV horror host Morgus the Magnificent, with wild gray hair, white face paint, and a white lab coat with stethoscope, standing next to an old-fashioned computer. It's labeled E.R.I.C., and has a skull on top of it, attached with what look like phone cords. There's a bookcase behind hem.
April 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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First time watch. Enjoyed it!
From the back, a woman in a red dress and a black hat looks over a balcony at a room packed with Nazis. A swastika flag hangs on the wall, and Le Gamaar is spelled out in neon letters. This is a clip from the movie Inglourious Basterds.
April 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Prepping to take Myers-Briggs test for work event.
Michael Myers, from the original Halloween movie. Close-up of his face, holding a telephone to his ear. A photo of the character Major Garland Briggs, from the TV show Twin Peaks. He's leaning back slightly in a booth, with a white coffee cup.
March 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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I haven't gotten over that they used Steve Earle in the #Andor trailer! I know some people were put off, but if you know Steve Earle, if you know the song, it's so perfect, & it ties #StarWars back into our reality.
Screenshot of Diego Luna as Cassian Andor from the Andor Season 2 trailer, with the closed captioning "Or you wanna win?" He's wearing a brown jacket and there are read-outs behind him, like he's on a spaceship, or possibly it's a facility.
March 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Mulholland Drive tonight! Silencio!
A woman in a short red dress and what looks like a sweater stands on a stage in front of a microphone, with a spotlight on her and dark red curtains behind her. This is a scene from the Silencio nightclub sequence in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive.
March 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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I just learned that Daniel Roebuck, who I mainly know as the jovial host of "Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!" (I know, he's been in lots of movies) played the killer in "River's Edge." Whoa, dude!
Cover of the DVD box for the documentary Halloween: The Happy haunting of America. There's a ghoul-look figure dressed like a mortician in the center, plus a man in a gorilla suit on the left and a man with crossed eyes and wild black hair on the right.
February 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Congrats to the graf artists in my town for beating last year's record!
Slightly fuzzy screengrab of statistics reading: "2024 BID stats: 800 pieces of graffiti removed. 684 in 2023."
January 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Everytime I see a mention of Robert Eggers' upcoming "Werwulf" movie.
Screenshot from Mystery Science Theatre 3000, from the movie "Werewolf." It shows a blonde woman looking confused, with the caption "Werewhilf?"
January 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Whenever a Godzilla reference comes up unexpectedly I yell "Godzilla!" just like this guy.
January 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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All hail Shadow!
December 27, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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New issue of Dead Reckonings! I contributed an article on "the Portable Gothic." What's that? Find out!

www.hippocampuspress.com/journals/dea...
A blue journal cover: Dead Reckonings No. 36, Fall 2024.
December 17, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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Enjoying spending some time with Trauma!
In a screenshot from the movie Trauma, by Dario Argento, actress Piper Laurie is centered in the shot, facing the camera. Her eyes are closed and she's leaning back, wearing what appears to be a black cloak. The room is dark behind her, except for greenery in a back window.
December 4, 2024 at 5:44 PM